Improved gold-leap condenser



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JOHN F. ADAMS, or, WQRCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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` To all whom/lt ma/y concerns; l

y. Be it known that I, JOHN F.`ADAMS, of the city and countyofWorcester, and State of Massachusetts,

y have invented certain` new and useful Improvements i'nGoldLeafOondensers;?- andl do `hereby declare i that the following is afull andexact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings,

A l and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

v struction,.and use.

4To enable others skilled in the art to make and use n my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its nature, con- The nature of my inventionconsists in forming, of

` tin, or other suitablematerial, two small wol-kers, one ofWhich'serves to hold the gold-leaf and the other to draw it up into aloose bar, preparatory to rolling'.

` 4Both workers,.when reversed, serve as rolling-tabflets, beingprovided with a coating `of `thin rubber to facilitate the process.

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Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through both of the Workers, showingthe `gold-leaf between them. i Figure shows the workers as they appearinjthe `.process of drawing the leaf into a loose bar. 1

Figures 3 and 4 showtheworkers as they appear ini the process of rollingthe bar o f leaf into a oomp pact wire. l -l p One of the workers A hasits edge turned up, as shownrin g. 3, by H 1),'D O, and C E, thusforming a dat pan, into which the gold-Inail is first placed, as

shown in iig. 2.

1 The other werken B, has one edge, Kturned up.

Both workersare provided with va thin coat of rubber, or some othersuitable material, which is attached to the back, as represented by RR', fig'. 1.

To use my implement, I proceed as follows:

' The leaf is spread-,ont on the pan of the worker A; 'i then the workerB is placed over it, as represented in figs. 1 and 2'. Now, if A is heldstationary and B drawn down, as: represented by dotted lines in gs. 1and 2, the leaf will be gathered up into a bar between the edge K ofB'and the edge C D of A. This loose l fbar is then removed aud placedupon the back of one U of the workers, and is rolleddown by manipulatingthe other, as indicated in figs. 1, 3, and 4.

This completes the process, and the gold-leaf is condensed ready foruse. i i

Claim.

What-I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

The leap-condenser, as a new article of manufaci

